Thomas vs Ash

GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Thomas Sheils

1:26:38 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2024
1452nd of 2,732 place in that race · 2,732 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 9 results

Ash Thorpe

1:18:06 best Open Men time · Athens 2026
219th of 616 place in that race · 616 Open Men finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Thomas: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · Ash: Athens 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
ThomasAshedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Thomas and Ash sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Thomas: strongest on BBJ (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 24%).Ash: strongest on Ski (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 42%).

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Part Thomas: faster than Ash: faster than
Ski 41% 90%
Push 42% 46%
Pull 32% 77%
BBJ 90% 49%
Row 24% 69%
Carry 52% 42%
Lunges 86% 44%
Wall balls 56% 47%
Roxzone 28% 56%
Runs 33% 73%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Thomas Ash
SkiErg 41% 90%
Sled push 42% 46%
Sled pull 32% 77%
Burpee broad jump 90% 49%
Row 24% 69%
Farmers carry 52% 42%
Sandbag lunges 86% 44%
Wall balls 56% 47%
Roxzone (moving) 28% 56%
Runs (8 km) 33% 73%

The share of their own field each athlete beat on that segment, at the race named on the left. Higher is better; green marks the better of the two. A dash means no split was published.

Those races as one bar each

Thomas · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men1:26:38
9:574:284:392:584:525:264:483:594:545:054:382:064:383:555:086:258:53
Ash · Athens 2026 · Open Men1:18:06
4:464:074:042:574:263:594:435:284:314:354:232:124:275:164:446:366:58
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

This chart draws the race in order, left to right: each 1 km run (blue), each station (yellow) and the roxzone (grey), sized by its time.Thomas · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 43:34 running, 34:22 at the stations and 8:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:25).Below, Ash · Athens 2026 · Open Men: 36:04 running, 35:10 at the stations and 6:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:36).

See the numbers
Part Thomas · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men Ash · Athens 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 9:57 4:46
SkiErg 4:28 4:07
Run 2 4:39 4:04
Sled push 2:58 2:57
Run 3 4:52 4:26
Sled pull 5:26 3:59
Run 4 4:48 4:43
Burpee broad jump 3:59 5:28
Run 5 4:54 4:31
Row 5:05 4:35
Run 6 4:38 4:23
Farmers carry 2:06 2:12
Run 7 4:38 4:27
Sandbag lunges 3:55 5:16
Run 8 5:08 4:44
Wall balls 6:25 6:36
Roxzone 8:53 6:58
Finish 1:26:38 1:18:06

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Thomas Ash Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:27:10 1:27:09 0:01 · Ash faster
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